Richmond vs. Wake Forest

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Richmond’s biggest win1973: Richmond 41, Wake Forest 0by 41 points
2. Wake Forest’s biggest win1951: Wake Forest 56, Richmond 6by 50 points
3. Upset1909: Richmond 5, Wake Forest 0Richmond had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Richmond’s side (Merrick 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Rogers). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1913 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 19, 1913

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 1951

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Richmond vs. William & Mary81 meetings, Richmond 39–⁠40–⁠2
• Richmond vs. VMI70 meetings, Richmond 33–⁠32–⁠5
• Richmond vs. Virginia Tech51 meetings, Richmond 10–⁠37–⁠4
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1
• Wake Forest vs. NC State119 meetings, Wake Forest 44–⁠70–⁠5
• Wake Forest vs. North Carolina107 meetings, Wake Forest 34–⁠71–⁠2
• Wake Forest vs. Duke102 meetings, Wake Forest 40–⁠60–⁠2
• Wake Forest vs. Clemson90 meetings, Wake Forest 17–⁠72–⁠1